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1. I know him.
Answer
1. He is known to me.
1. I feel
a) Unhappy
b) Unhappily
a) Ready
b) Readily
a) Polite
b) Politely
a) Quick
b) Quickly
a) Happy
b) Happily
6. She sang
a) Bad
b) Badly
a) Good
b) Well
8. Cyanide is a poison.
a) Dead
b) Deadly
a) Badly
b) Bad
a) Mad
b) Madly
a) Unusual
b) Unusually
12. I believed that you wanted to help me.
a) Wrong
b) Wrongly
Answer
1. I feel unhappy.
Exercise 3
Adverbs
a) Surely
b) Sure
2. She is sleeping -
a) Sound
b) Soundly
a) Sharp
b) Sharply
a) Sharp
b) Sharply
a) Wide
b) Widely
6. I hate arriving
a) Late
b) Lately
a) Late
b) Lately
a) Hard
b) Hardly
a) Pretty
b) Prettily
a) High
b) highly
Answer
Exercise 4
Adverbs
Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs. Choose from those given in the table.
Answer
1. always
2. often
3. definitely
4. even
5. only
6. tomorrow
7. quickly
8. happily
9. probably
10. upstairs
11. certainly
12. completely
13. neatly
14. slowly
Exercise 5
And, but and or
Complete the following sentences using the conjunctions and, but or or.
7. Aunt Emma is eighty years old . her eyes are still sharp.
Answer
5. On a warm summer day, will you wear a black shirt or a white shirt?
7. Aunt Emma is eighty years old but her eyes are still sharp.
Exercise 6
Auxiliary verbs
Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Each question has only one
correct answer. Choose the most appropriate one.
Answer
1. He is writing a novel.
Exercise 7
Conditional clauses
Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verb.
a) Would tell
b) Will tell
c) Would have told
a) Would abolish
b) Will abolish
c) Would have abolished
a) Worked
b) Had worked
c) Would work
a) Have
b) Had
c) Would have
a) Would
b) Will
c) Would have
a) Helped
b) Would help
c) Had helped
a) Meet
b) Met
c) Will meet
a) Will
b) Would
c) Will have
Answer
1. Will tell
2. Would abolish
3. Worked
4. Have
5. Would
6. Helped
7. Meet
8. Could have caught
9. Would
10. Will
Exercise 8
Conditional Sentences
a) want
b) wanted
c) would want
d) have wanted
a) learned
b) didnt learn
c) doesnt learn
d) wont learn
a) do
b) did
c) dont
d) didnt
a) get
b) will get
c) had got
d) have got
5. If I her name, I would tell you.
a) know
b) knew
c) have known
d) had known
a) will
b) would
c) would have
d) would been
a) float
b) floats
c) would float
d) floated
a) would invite
b) had invited
c) invited
d) invite
a) studied
b) study
c) had studied
d) has studied
Answer
1. want
2. didnt learn
3. didnt
4. get
5. knew
6. would
7. floats
8. had invited
9. had studied
10. would help
Exercise 9
Conjunctions
a) And
b) Or
c) But
d) Though
a) So
b) As
c) For
d) That
a) As
b) Though
c) But
d) Since
a) But
b) As
c) For
d) And
a) Than
b) And
c) Since
d) For
6. And God called the light day, the darkness He called night.
a) And
b) But
c) Or
d) For
a) Or
b) And
c) But
d) Since
a) When
b) While
c) If
d) So
a) As
b) So
c) And
d) But
a) And
b) Nor
c) Or
d) But
a) For
b) So
c) And
d) Till
a) For
b) As
c) Since
d) And
a) But
b) And
c) Nor
d) Neither
a) If
b) Although
c) Yet
d) But
a) But
b) Yet
c) And
d) Or
Answer
Exercise 10
Direct and Indirect Objects
Rewrite the following sentences putting the indirect objects before the direct
objects.
Answer
3. Call me a taxi.
Notes
The indirect object comes before the direct object when it is shorter than the direct
object, or when the direct object has to be made prominent.
Exercise 11
Formation of questions
6. Mary is ill.
Answer
6. Is Mary ill?
Grammar notes
If there is no other auxiliary verb, we use do, does or did to form the question.
Exercise 12
Gerund and Infinitive
Replace the gerund by an infinitive and the infinitive by a gerund in the following
sentences.
3. He likes to collect books and does not like giving them away.
Answer
3. He likes to collect books and does not like to give them away.
OR He likes collecting books and does not like giving them away.
7. To see is to believe.
Exercise 13
Indirect speech
5. Are you coming from India? the princess asked the handsome boy.
7. The slave asked his master, What have I done to deserve so severe a blow?
8. Can you speak English? she asked me.
9. Have you anything to say on behalf of the accused? the judge said to the lawyer.
10. Have you anything to tell me, little bird? asked Ulysses.
Answer
5. The princess asked the handsome boy whether he was coming from India.
6. The poor man exclaimed whether none of them would help him.
7. The slave asked his master what he had done to deserve so severe a blow.
9. The judge asked the lawyer if he had anything to say on behalf of the accused.
10. Ulysses asked the little bird whether it had anything to tell him
Exercise 14
Personal pronouns
3. John and Peter are close friends. . like each other very much.
4. . are on a picnic.
5. .. are all great friends James, Mina, Peter and the dog!
3. John and Peter are close friends. They like each other very much.
5. They are all great friends James, Mina, Peter and the dog!
7. Mary is in the same class as Jane and Peter. She likes both of them.
Exercise 15
Place Prepositions
a) On
b) In
c) Under
d) Over
a) Between
b) Among
c) On
d) In
a) On
b) In
c) To
d) At
a) In
b) At
c) On
d) To
5. The plane stopped for an hour - New York.
a) On
b) To
c) At
d) From
a) On
b) In
c) At
d) With
a) On to
b) Into
c) Out
d) On
a) At
b) In
c) On
d) By
a) In
b) At
c) To
d) On
a) In
b) On
c) At
d) To
Answer
1. Under
2. Among (We use between to talk about two people or things. We use among to
talk
Exercise 16
Prepositions
a) In
b) For
c) With
a) In
b) With
c) At
a) At
b) To
c) For
a) Up to
b) After
c) For
a) From
b) With
c) At
a) Over
b) With
c) For
a) For
b) Of
c) On
a) Of
b) Out of
c) For
a) In
b) With
c) For
a) To
b) At
c) With
Answer
Exercise 17
Question tags
Answer
Grammar notes
Non-negative tags are used after sentences containing negative words like never, no, nobody,
hardly, scarcely and little.
When have refers to states, question tags with have and do are both possible in British English.
In American English, do is more common.
Exercise 18
Relative pronouns
2. The idea she put forward didnt impress me. (which / what / who)
8. My aunt gave me her laptop for . I was very grateful. (which / what /
whom)
10. The only thing . matters now is to find a good job. (that / which / what)
Answer
10. The only thing that matters now is to find a good job.
Exercise 19
Sentence completion (prepositions)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. Choose your answers from the
options given below each question.
1. Before the game started she felt certain .. winning, but after a few
minutes she realized that it wasnt going to be easy.
a) of
b) for
c) to
a) of
b) to
c) for
a) of
b) on
c) to
a) in
b) to
c) of
a) in
b) to
c) at
a) to
b) of
c) with
a) of
b) to
c) for
a) about
b) of
c) to
9. I am keen .. building a career in publishing.
a) for
b) on
c) at
a) to
b) on
c) at
Answer
1. of
2. to
3. of
4. in
5. to
6. to
7. of
8. about
9. on
10. on
Exercise 21
Subject or Object Pronouns
8. We are going for a drink. Would you like to come with ? (us / we)
2. She is my friend.
6. We go to school by bus.
8. We are going for a drink. Would you like to come with us?
Grammar notes
The subject pronouns are: I, he, she, they, you and we.
Object pronouns are: me, his, her, them, you and us. Note that you do not change.
Subject forms are used when the pronoun is the subject of the verb. Object forms are
used when the pronoun is the object of the verb or preposition.
Exercise 22
These and those
Change the number of the underlined nouns and rewrite the sentences.
Answer
Notes
These is the plural form of this. Those is the plural form of that.